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Movies that feel like Dragons Forever (1988)

If you loved Dragons Forever, the closest films we have are Wheels on Meals (1984), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and The Fall Guy (2024). All three share Dragons Forever's kinetic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, he is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.

πŸ… 67% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bokineticwittyplayfulromantictender

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Batman Forever (1995)

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Wheels on Meals
1984 Β· dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
β˜… 7romance Β· action Β· comedy

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo working the same nerve twice

The difference: Plays it as crime more than Dragons Forever does

Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010 Β· dir. Edgar Wright
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.5action Β· comedy Β· romance

Kinetic and witty in the same breath

The difference: A 2010s film, from a different era of filmmaking

As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.

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The Fall Guy
2024 Β· dir. David Leitch
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.8action Β· comedy Β· romance

Both land play and romance at once

Fresh off an almost career-ending accident, stuntman Colt Seavers has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job.

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My Lucky Stars
1985 Β· dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
β˜… 6.3action Β· comedy

Both are Sammo Hung Kam-Bo films, and they rhyme

The difference: Not nearly as romantic as Dragons Forever

Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.

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Pretty Woman
1990 Β· dir. Garry Marshall
πŸ… 65%β˜… 7.1romance Β· comedy

Tender comedy in both cases

Vivian is a carefree, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets sophisticated billionaire Edward in a chance encounter that turns into a week-long business arrangement. But Vivian's energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense approach to life, and soon they are teaching each other – and falling in love!

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Coming to America
1988 Β· dir. John Landis
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· romance

Romance with a pulse of wit, in both cases

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

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Grease
1978 Β· dir. Randal Kleiser
πŸ… 65%β˜… 7.2romance Β· comedy

Playful action, and it commits to that

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

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Cold Comfort Farm
1995 Β· dir. John Schlesinger
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· romance

Comedy built on romance, twice over

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.

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Notting Hill
1999 Β· dir. Roger Michell
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.2romance Β· comedy

Both trade on tenderness more than on being romance

London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.

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Meet the Parents
2000 Β· dir. Jay Roach
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7comedy Β· romance

Witty action in both cases

Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.

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What Women Want
2000 Β· dir. Nancy Meyers
πŸ… 53%β˜… 6.5comedy Β· romance

Comedy built on play, twice over

Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.

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Straight Talk
1992 Β· dir. Barnet Kellman
πŸ… 42%β˜… 5.8comedy Β· romance

Romantic romance in both cases

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.

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